Children and Families South East Performance, 20034

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Children and Families South East Performance,
2003/4

• Sara Goodinge
• Business Relationship Manager Hampshire

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• The data is extracted from CSCIs performance
• and information delivery system (PADI)
• via the Autumn analysis tools
• 30 November 2004
• The slides show data for all South East councils
  to allow comparisons to be made which raise
  useful questions about possible factors that lead
  to different performance
• As always, it is important to exercise caution
  when using statistical information. Variations
  may arise because of differences in interpreting
  the definitions,
• data collection and recording problems

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LAC per 10,000 of population 31 March
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• LAC per 10,000 of population 31 March
• South East average decreased from 44.4 to 43.9.
  Removing the
• extreme averages of Wokingham (15.1), Bracknell
  Forest (24),
• Southampton (68) Brighton (87) the average
  drops to 42.78
• England average increased from 58.6 to 60
• 9 councils appear in the lower quartile, 41 and
  below - Bracknell Forest, Bucks, Hampshire,
  Milton Keynes, Oxford, Slough, Surrey, Windsor
  Mhead and Wokingham
• 1 council appears in the upper quartile, 74 and
  above - Brighton Hove, 87.2
• Reduced numbers for 9 councils, compared to last
  year

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A1. of LAC at 31 March with 3 or more
placements
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• A1. of LAC at 31 March with 3 or more
  placements
• This PI is an important measure of the stability
  of care experienced by a child.
• Stability is associated with better outcomes
• South East average, 11.8, compares favourably
  with the England average, 12.2. Also an
  improvement on the 2002/3 average, 12.3
• 5 councils appear in the lower quartile, 11 and
  below - Bucks, Medway, Slough, Southampton and
  West Berks
• Significant drop in Medway data, 12 to 2.4, 2nd
  lowest in England
• 4 councils appear in the upper quartile, 15 and
  above - Brighton Hove, Reading, Windsor
  Mhead and Wokingham consider size of LAC
  population
• Wokingham reported the 2nd highest in England,
  20.8 and Brighton the 9th, 18.4
• Reduced for 6 councils, compared to last year

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D35. of CLA for at least 4 years placed
in FC at least 2 years
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• D35. of CLA for at least 4 years placed in FC
  at least 2 years
• This PI is designed to illustrate the relative
  effectiveness of councils in
• achieving longer term stability
• South East average dropped to 48.6, compared to
  49.6, last
• year. Similar to the current England average,
  48.3
• 5 councils appear in the upper quartile, 53.5
  and above - East Sussex, Isle of Wight, Medway,
  West Berks and West Sussex
• Medway achieved the highest in England, 64.8
• 5 councils appear in the lower quartile, 42.9
  and below Surrey, Slough,
• Windsor Mhead, Portsmouth, Milton Keynes and
  Bracknell Forest
• Bracknell Forest reported the 3rd lowest in
  England, 13
• Improved for 11 councils, compared to last year

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B7. LAC _at_ 31 March, placed for adoption or
in FC placement
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• B7. LAC _at_ 31 March, placed for adoption or in
  FC placement
• Good performance is deemed as generally high,
  although a very high figure does
• raise questions. It is likely there will always
  be a small number of children needing
• residential care
• South East average dropped to 81.1, compared to
  82.1 last
• year. Similar to the current England average,
  81.2
• 5 South East councils appear in the upper
  quartile, 85.5 and above
• Medway achieved the 3rdh highest in England,
  92.1
• 6 councils appear in the lower quartile, 77.9
  and below - Oxford, Bucks,
• Bracknell Forest, Windsor Mhead, Wokingham
  and Surrey
• Improved for 6 councils, compared to last year

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C22. LAC, aged 10 under, placed for
adoption adoption or in FC placement
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• C22. LAC aged 10 under. placed for adoption
  or in FC
• Most childrens needs are such that they will
  make better developmental progress in
• a family setting, rather than residential care.
  In most the FC option also costs less
• than residential care. Matter to consider - need
  to ensure good support services
• exist
• South East average increased to 97.3 and is
  similar to the average for England, 97.5
• 7 councils appear in the upper quartile, 99.1
  and above.
• 3 Councils achieved 100, Bucks, Portsmouth,
  Slough and Wokingham
• 3 councils appear in the lower quartile, 96.6
  and below - Windsor Mhead, Surrey and
  Bracknell Forest
• Windsor Mhead reported the 2nd lowest in
  England, 85.2
• Reduced for 8 councils, compared to last year

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C23. of LAC adopted _at_ 31 March
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• C23. of LAC adopted _at_ 31 March (new definition)
• The Government believes that more can and should
  be done to promote the wider
• use of adoption. By 2004/5 councils are expected
  to increase by 40 the number
• LAC who are adopted
• South East average, 8.3, is better than the
  average for England, 7.8
• The Windsor Mhead (1.7 to 10.3) and
  Bracknell Forest (3.6 to 12.5) 2004/5 plans, if
  successful, will significantly improve the
  regional 2004/5 average
• 5 councils appear in the upper quartile, 9.2 and
  above
• 12 councils are planning to increase their
  2004/5

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A3. of children registered during the year
on the CPR previously registered
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• A3. of children registered during year on the
  CPR previously
• registered
• Good performance is deemed as generally low.
  However, a very low level of
• re-registrations may mean a council is not
  re-registering some CIN. A high
• Figure may be explained by geographical issues
  and small coharts
• Very important for councils to understand year on
  year movement
• South East average, 13.5, is higher than the
  average for England, 13
• 6 councils appear in the lower quartile, 10.1
  and below - Isle of Wight, Slough, Wokingham,
  West Sussex, Medway and Windsor Maidenhead
• Isle of Wight having the lowest in the South
  East, 4.6
• 5 Councils appear in the upper quartile, 15.3
  and above
• Milton Keynes reported the 6th highest in
  England, 22.9

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C21. of children de-reg from the CPR, who had
been on the CPR continuously for 2 years or more
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• C21. of children de-reg from the CPR
  continuously on the
• CPR for 2 years or more
• Professionals, the child and family should be
  working towards specified outcomes
• which lead to the childs name being taken off
  the CPR within 2 years. Good
• performance is deemed as generally low. If
  performance is poor (high) this may
• possibly explain poor performance associated with
  C20 CP reviews
• South East average, 8.2, similar to last year,
  8.3. The does not compare favourably with
  average for England, 7.6, big improvement on
  last year, 9.4
• 4 councils appear in the upper quartile, 11 and
  above - Bucks, Isle of Wight, Milton Keynes and
  Portsmouth
• Milton Keynes, 15.8 and Isle of Wight, 15.7
  appear in the list of 10 councils reporting the
  highest
• 5 councils apear in the lower quartile, 4.1 and
  below - West Sussex, Oxford, Hampshire, East
  Sussex and Windsor Maidenhead
• 11 councils reduced their , compared to last
  year

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C20. of required CP cases reviewed during
year
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• C20. of required CP cases reviewed during year
• (new definition)
• This PI tries to measure the effectiveness of the
  interventions provided to children
• on the CPR. Although WT has always asked for
  this to happen another change to
• consider at the earliest stages
• Good performance is deemed as 100
• South East average, 96.9, compares favourably
  with the average for England, 95.7
• 7 of the 19 South East councils achieved 100,
  upper quartile
• 6 councils appear in the lower quartile, 95.5
  and below
• Lowest South East average attributed to
  Portsmouth, 84.7
• Kent, Medway, Oxford, Portsmouth and Reading
  plans for 2004/5 are not targeting 100

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E45. CIN from minority ethnic grps to
proportion of children in the local population
from minority ethnic grps
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• E45. CIN from minority ethnic grps to proportion
  of children in
• the local population from minority ethnic groups
• Only the band rating of 2 and 3 blobs are used
  until we become more confident
• about how to interpret this indicator
• A value of less than 1 would suggest that
  children from minority ethnic groups
• have poorer access to services than white
  children.
• A value of 2 and above may indicate they are
  disproportionately identifying
• people from minority ethnic groups
• Consider Deprived areas, usually links to
  increased CIN BME
• South East average, 1.4
• England average, 1.3
• 3 councils average, 1 and below - Slough, Surrey
  and Southampton

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A2. of YP leaving care aged 16 with at
least 1 GCSE at grades A-G, or GNVQ (new
definition)
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• A2. of YP leaving care aged 16 with at least 1
  GCSE at grades
• A-G, or GNVQ (new definition)
• There is a need for co-operation between SSDs,
  LEAs and schools to improve the
• attainment of CLA. Useful to compare to the
  councils overall performance
• Good performance is deemed as generally high and
  increasing
• South East average, 53.3, is better than the
  average for England, 50.7
• Only 3 councils appear in the upper quartile,
  59.8 and above - Portsmouth, Slough and
  Southampton
• Slough achieved the 4th highest in England, 75
• 5 Councils appear in the lower quartile, 42.7
  and below
• Isle of Wight reported the lowest in the South
  East Region, 16.6
• 14 councils planning to improve their during
  2004/5

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C18. Final warnings, reprimands and
convictions of LAC
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• C18. Final warnings, reprimands and convictions
  of LAC aged 10
• or over
• A figure of 1 would indicate that CLA are given
  final warnings/reprimands or
• convicted at the same rate as all children in the
  area effective local policy has a
• major impact on performance
• We would hope to see the rate fall to match the
  figure for all children in the local
• population
• Despite a reduction on last years average, 3.7,
  the current South East average, 3.5, is higher
  than the average for England, 3.1
• 3 councils appear in the lower quartile, 2.2 and
  below - Bucks, Medway and West Berks
• 9 Councils appear in the upper quartile, 3.7 and
  above.
• 6 councils improved their performance compared to
  last year

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C19. Health of LAC
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• C19. Health of LAC
• We would expect to see high proportions of LAC
  receiving this basic health
• care LAC for at least 12 months who had their
  teeth checked by a dentist or had an
• annual health assessment during the previous 12
  months
• Good preformance is deemed as generally high
• South East average, 78.8 compares favourably
  with the average for England, 76.9
• 5 councils appear in the upper quartile, 84.8
  and above
• Windsor Maidenhead reported the 9th highest
  in England, 91.7n
• 2 councils appear in the lower quartile, 71.7
  and below - Hampshire, 57.2 and Surrey, 58.6
• Hampshire reported the 9th lowest in England
• 14 councils are planning to improve their
  during 2004/5

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C24. of LAC who missed at least 25 days
schooling during the previous school year
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• C24. of LAC who missed at least 25 days
  schooling during the
• previous school year
• Access to school is a key factor in improving the
  stability of the lives of CLA.
• Continous attendance will lead to improving
  education achievement. Procedures
• must be in place, ensuring absence is closely
  momonitored dealt with accordingly
• Good performace is deemed as generally low
• South East average significantly reduced, 14.3
  to 12.6. The average for England increased,
  12.6 to 12.5
• 7 councils appear in the lower quartile 9.3 and
  below
• 4 councils appear in the upper quartile, 16.3
  and above - Southampton, Portsmouth, Reading and
  Bracknell Forest
• Reading, 23.9, reported the 3rd highest in
  England and Southampton, 23.8, the 4th highest
• 14 councils improved their performance compared
  to last year

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A4. of YP looked after 1 April in their 17th
yr (aged 16) in educ/trng/employment aged 19
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• A4. of YP looked after 1 April in their 17th yr
  (aged 16) in
• educ/trng/employment aged 19
• Research shows care leavers experience high
  levels of unemployment and are at
• risk of homelessness and social exclusion. This
  PI shows the performance of
• councils in improving outcomes for YP leaving
  care
• Good performance is deemed as generally high
• South East average, 55.3 and England, 56.8.
  Both were 50.1 last year
• 7 councils appear in the lower quartile, 50 and
  below - Bracknell, Hampshire, Medway,
  Southampton, Milton Keynes, Reading and Wokingham
• Wokingham lowest in South East, 20
• 4 councils appear in the upper quartile, 64.9
  and above - Windsor
• Mhead, W Berks, Southampton and Kent
• Windsor Mhead highest in South East, 87.5

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B8. Average gross weekly expenditure per LAC
in foster care or in a children's home
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• B8. Average gross weekly expenditure per LAC in
  foster care or in
• a children's home
• Very low costs may suggest quality of care is
  poor. South East councils appear in
• ACA groups 3 4. As expected, costs were higher
  in these groups, along with
• London
• South East average, 663.40 is higher than the
  average for England, 632.50
• Medways cost, 370, reported the lowest in
  England
• Wokinghams cost reported the highest cost in
  England
• Wokinghams outturn cost is significantly higher
  than their plan, 1121

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B9. Average gross weekly expenditure per LAC
in a children's home
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• B9. Average gross weekly expenditure per LAC in a
  children's
• Home
• High costs indicate likely poor commissioning.
  Low costs may mean care is of
• a poor quality or that children with lesser needs
  are being placed inappropriately in
• residential settings
• South East average, 2005.10, is slightly lower
  than the average for England, 2066.70.
• Bracknell Forest reported the lowest cost,
  1293.40
• Wokingham, 3264.10, reported the 3rd highest
  cost in England relates to the low number of
  LAC
• Wokinghams outturn cost is vastly higher than
  their plan, 2320

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B10. Average gross weekly expenditure per LAC
in foster care
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• B10. Average gross weekly expenditure per LAC in
  foster care
• Increased efficiency lowers the unit cost.
  Driving down the unit cost at the expense
• of outcomes would not be appropriate
• A high cost is likely to indicate poor
  commissioning. A low cost may indicate poor
• quality care or placed inappropriately in foster
  care
• South East average, 384.40 is higher than the
  average for England, 362.90
• Wokingham, 643, reported the 2nd highest cost in
  England
• Wokinghams outturn cost is vastly higher than
  their plan, 500

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E44. Relative spend on family support
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• E44. Relative spend on family support
• Adequate provision of such services can prevent
  children being looked after later
• A low figure would indicate a council was
  providing a relatively small amount of
• preventative services. Compared to last year, 10
  councils reduced their
• expenditure
• South East average, 37.4 is lower than the
  average for England, 38.4
• 4 councils appear in the lower quartile, 33.60
  and below, Bucks, Portsmouth, Oxford and
  Wokingham
• 2 councils appear in the upper quartile, 42.8
  and above, Kent and Surrey
• Compared to last year, 8 councils reduced their
  expenditure